Etienne de Villiers, more than other theologians, elaborates on basic elements of a Christian
ethics of responsibility. He distinguishes between retrospective and prospective responsibility.
The prospective aspect attracted ...

This article demonstrates that ritual plays an ambivalent role in the interaction between
religion and violence. Ritual triggers and gives meaning to violence, or it enforces peace and
coexistence. The first part of the ...

This paper is an attempt to identify common factors which constitute the foun-dation of decolonization in indigenous African religions. Since such aspects need to be essentially constructive in order to effectively and ...

The article's departing point is the conviction that contemporary micro-biology and gene-technology have confronted Christian ethics with a reality for which it is not sufficiently equipped. The whole debate on human cloning ...

An important personality of the Swedish cultural space and of the world diplomatic space,
Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961), left to posterity, besides his literary works, his economic and
diplomatic contributions, the most ...

It has been often said nowadays that since the fall of Constantinople, the Eastern-Orthodox
Church has not been concerned with political theology. In this research, we will try to show
that aspects of the aforementioned ...

More fundamental to and preceding the participation by Christian Theologians in a common task of sense making (see Conradie 1), is an understanding of Christian Theology's role as being a "conversation specialist" (Will ...

The present article examines the appropriateness of Stanley Hauerwas’ ecclesial ethic for the
sub-Saharan African churches. Thus, it consists in a Christian ethical assessment of the
metaethical foundational categories ...

This article offers a description of transdisciplinary facilitation that is suitable for theologians
and ministers. The reflective aspect of transdisciplinary facilitation is illustrated through an
engagement with ...

This article presents the importance of Buitendag’s stance in the so-called ‘theology of nature’.
His theological statements endeavour to understand reality in conversation with other
academic disciplines to see things ...

The article reflects on the challenges of theological education in the 21st century and in Africa.
Reputation, impact, success and funding have become the driving forces of the modern
university. However, we are living ...

This article attempts to take up Wittgenstein’s challenge “Not empiricism
and yet realism” (1991:vi 23). Language deals with reality. But we are also
aware of the importance of the context with its own rules for the use ...

Using the Bible in Christian ethics is often not as simple as many would expect it to be. This is
particularly the case for the use of the Old Testament. Part of the challenge is the complexity
of grasping the customs ...

This article deals with the dialogue between theology and science with special reference to eschatology. It takes the relation of time and eternity as the leitmotiv for the exposition, based on the view that the latest ...

My engagement in this article with the South African systematic
theologian Cornel du Toit in recognition of his valued
scholarship is restricted to only two of his contributions in the
context of the science–theology ...

Vellem, Vuyani Shadrack(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Old and New Testament, 2013)

Radical Democracy proposes that capitalism should be theorised deeply and furthermore, that the liberal tradition must not be denounced and rejected by the Left. It is possible that what seems to be a ‘confusion,’ or ...

The original sin of capitalism is its relationship with racism, a repugnant expression of White
supremacy, therefore to engage the metaphysics of neoliberal economics one must have to
confront the symbiotic relationship ...

In this article, the notion of broken bodies is explored in relation to the African body and the
history of colonialism in South Africa. This exploration will be rooted in a retelling of the
story of the woman, Saartjie ...

This article discusses the complicated question of the connection between Calvin and the
confessions of the Presbyterian Reformed tradition. Firstly, a contrast is drawn to the question
of the connection between Luther ...

Fourie, Willem(Faculty of Theology of the University of the Orange Free State, 2012)

Business enterprises are in a position to exert a significant influence on society
– particularly in the context of developing countries. Businesses no longer
simply influence shareholders, employees and customers, but ...